Category: holiday

Roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment and use the cookie cutters directly on the parchment, peeling away the extra scraps. Then you can just slide the parchment right onto the cookie sheet ready to go, and you never have to mess with trying to transfer the cookie dough to the cookie sheet!

What is music? “Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence, which exist in time. ” –Wikipedia This is a pretty basic definition but interesting. I’m especially drawn to the words “art form” and “cultural activity.” Music is an artistic expression of sound and silence that is shared across all […]

Marriage is hard. I think it’s even harder for an only child although I have no statistical proof; BUT marriage is mostly a huge blessing. Not because Nathaniel is wonderfully gracious, loving, patient, and kind, (although he is all these things) but because marriage highlights my selfishness and unworthiness.

Have you ever seen those Ocean Spray commercials for cranberry juice with the people out standing in the bogs surrounded by floating little red and white berries? Do you wonder if cranberry bogs are as picturesque and fun as they seem?

To say this kitchen is an upgrade from our previous kitchen is, well, laughable. don’t get me wrong–we loved our cute little apartment in Aspen and were so incredibly grateful to be there! but we didn’t have some pretty basic things, like cutting boards, mixing bowls, decent knives, measuring spoons and cups, an oven…you get the idea. so living there seemed like the perfect time to start writing a blog, right?…